How to get that sound! (Big saw bass for drop)

Discussion in 'how to make "that" sound' started by Gantre, Feb 16, 2013.

  1. Gantre

    Gantre Newbie

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    So i'm looking to make this big saw bass, and i'm having difficulties with it. (I know the basic patch is pretty easy, but i still want need your help!)

    Example of what i'm looking to achieve: (min 1:45)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SieuWfqEMXo
     
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  3. xsze

    xsze Guest

    Try glide/portamento and make notes overlap, in this case go lower and you will get that effect, I'm not sure if you are looking for that :wink:

    If you are looking for actual sound, on first glance I can vouch for Massive, Gentle Speech wavetable, fair amount of distortion, dimensional expander, visit voicing tab and seek for some You Tube tutorials, I guess somebody done it with far more details :wink:
     
  4. damncas

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    you could start by goggling benni bannasi base presets i had a few random massive presets that sound like that its a start not to hard to make and tweak from other sounds
     
  5. muaB

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    not to forget: a lot of sidechain!

    it might be some kind of shredder/waveshaper/degrader distortion??
     
  6. xsze

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    As far as distortion goes it's best to experiment, some multi band in chain would be nice(ohmicide,saturn,trash), but first trying to get most of it using insert1&2(bitcrusher,parabolic shaper,hardclipper...),noise and included fx tubes in Massive. :wink:
     
  7. Baxter

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    In signal order:

    1) saw wave (you can use just one oscillator)
    2) EQ boost (pretty narrow bell) at three different frequencies (to add some "formant/vocal/bandpass character"), say one at 300Hz, one at 500Hz and one at 1kHz (adjust freq and Q-value to taste)
    3) dist/saturation (distort to taste)
    4) EQ finetune
    5) some slight stereo chorus, to make it wider. Later (@ 3:45 you can hear the stereo chorus paramters has changed and the overall effect increased)
    6) reverb (room), if needed.

    Choose "monophonic" mode and add some portamento/glide and decide (overlapping note-lengths) which ones should be glided.
    Sidechain compress with 4/4 kick drum on key-insert.
     
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